Nokhur
AreaVisually,
Nokhur is unlike any other site found in Turkmenistan.
Rich in history, nature and tribal custom, Nokhur is set
1,100 m above the Karakum Desert in the cool mountain
valleys of southwestern Turkmenistan. The Nokhur people
have maintained a highly homogeneous society based upon
ancestral rights, and tribal custom. Varied images in
the stunning silk embroideries sewn by local Nokhur women,
indicating their particular tribe, make Nokhur silk renowned
throughout the country. The Nokhur felts are also thought
to be exclusive to this region. They differ from customary
Turkmen felts with their original designs and Zoroastrian
ornaments symbolising the worship of fire, and the cult
of fertility. Constructing their homes from the stones
found around the area, the Nokhur people have decorated
these simple homes with handcrafted wooden columns and
capitals unique only to this clan of people. Accented
by two small flowing streams, the flora and fauna of this
region is exceptional. There are mountain goats (umga
and marhur), Urial mountain sheep, wolves, foxes, jackals,
porcupines, and even snow leopards in these mountain-ridges.
See this ancient way of life uniquely preserved and rarely
seen. Itineraries for this area: